This page includes links in three categories Links for Traveling
Students, Robot Links and Computer Science links.
Craigslist - A
free classifieds site good for apartment hunting and various other
tasks for those new to most major cities.
CitySearch - Neighborhood breakdowns,
restaurant guides,
and other useful information for many cities.
CLOTHES FOR WORK
Banana Republic - Ever classic. Treat
yourself to a nice scarf here and there.
Lane Bryant
- Carries plus sized work and casual.
Men's Warehouse
- Men's suits.
HEALTH
Walgreens - Many locations some with
24
hour
pharmacy.
Desk stretches
- Keep healthy by taking breaks and stretching.
WebMD
- Stay informed with this vast and searchable site.
PERFORMING
openmikes.org
- Places to play music all over the United States.
ACADEMIC ROBOT PAPERS
Holly's publications
HRI Web
URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE (USAR)
NIST -
National Institute of Standards and Technology (sponsors Urban Search and Rescue
competitions)
THE GRAND CHALLENGE
Grand Challenge sponsored
by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
GhostRider
Carnegie Mellon's Military Humvee
"DARPA
Bots All Fall Down" - Wired
"Robots
get Nowhere Fast in Race" - LA Times
ROBOTS IN THE MAINSTREAM
I, Robot- Based on the Isaac Asmiov story.
Pepsi
- "Your vacuum cleaner ate my pants" --Dave Chapelle
7-up
- Painful vending machine robots.
Roomba
- Vacuum
Roger Ebert's Rocky
IV Review - He jokes that "Rocky's
suppliers have licked the problem of artificial intelligence"
T1, T2,
and T3 - Now those are robots
The Ada Project - A clearinghouse
for information for female computer scientists and engineers
including mentor programs such as the DMP, scholarships, organizations
et cetera.
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Comparison of Usability
Evaluation Methods
- Interesting for an overview of usability testing strategies.
Guerrilla HCI - Reasons why one evaluation method is preferred
Usability Week - Article on importance of quality information architecture.
GEEK OUT
Servo Cam -
Control a the position of the UMass Lowell Robot Lab camera from anywhere in
the
world
via
the
web! |